Safety-razor.



H. JV. GAISMAN.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED oc.12. 1912.

LMSL Patented July 20, 1915.

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SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application led October 12, 1912. Serial No. 725,461.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY J. GAISMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is a specification.

. The object of my invention is to provide a safety razor wherein the blade and guard may be readily moved in and out of shaving relation one to another, and be retained in such positions, and whereby the blade edge may be held'in position to enable its opp0- site sides to be drawn along a strop for sharpening the blade edge while the guard is retained in position not to interfere with the strop.

A further object of my invention is to provide a razor guard with spaced adjacent lugs for the blade edge, whereby the guard may be retained firmly in different set positions with respectl to the blade edge, to enable shaves of different character to be readily obtained.

My invention also comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts more fully `hereinafter s et forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure l is a rear view of a safety razor embodying my invention, showing the guardl and blade separated; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2, 2, in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a front view, illustrating the guard andblade in shaving position; Fig.4 is a section on the line 4, 4, in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line 5, 5, in Fig. 3, showing the guard and blade in a different position from Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6, 6, in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a perspective View of a portion of one of the springs.

Similar numerals. of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l indicates a frameof any suitable construction, shown in substantially U-shaped form having a base portion la and spaced side members 1b, and 2 indicates a handle of any suitable construction secured to said holder or frame.

3 indicates a guard which may be generally of any well known construction provided with guard teeth, the guard being shown pivotally supported at 4 by pivots journaled in suitable openings in the side members lb of the frame. The guard shown is adapted to swing within the space between the members la, lb.. Said guard is shown provided at its lfront corners with lugs or'hooks 3a to engage the edge of the blade 5, and said guard is also shown provided'with lugs 3b at its sides, respectively adjacent to and spaced from the lugs 3, to engage the blade edge, the lugs 3b being shown slightly lnearer the pivots 4 than the lugs 3a, whereby the relation of the .blade edge to the guard teeth may be varied according to which set of lugs 3a or 3b the blade edge engages to provide for shaves of different character.

The guard at its inner portion is adapted to bear against a spring 6, carried 'by the frame, and said` guard, on the side of the pivots 4 opposite the comb teeth, is shown provided with bearing surfaces to engage spring 6, said surfaces being shown in 'the form of flat faces 3c, 3d, whereby the tension of spring 6 serves to retain the guard inthe shaving position shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and out of such position as shown in Fig. 2. Blade 5 is detaohably carried by a blade holder 7 of any suitable construction carried upon-'shaft or pivots 8 journaled on frame Al-,whereby the blade may swing or rock in the holder. At 9 is a spring carried by frame or holder 1, adapted to bear against blade holder 7 to retain the latter and blade 5 in shaving position with re spect to the guard, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and out of such position as shown in Fig. 2. Holder 7 is shown provided with bearing surfaces 7a, 7", spaced apart in suitable relation, to engage spring 9 and retain the blade and its holder in different positions shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The springs 6, 9, are shown located between the guard and the blade holder, in the space between members l", and said springs are shown provided at their ends with projections 10,' located in grooves ll in the inner faces of members lb of the frame, whereby said springs are guided upon frame or holder l and are permitted to have free movement at their ends. In the example illustrated, the springs G, 9,

. are bent outwardly or oppositely at 12, to

bear against the guard and blade holder respectively, and are bent toward each other substantially in the central position. as shown at 13, where they may bear against .thereby and spaced apart, and

the fingers near the blade edge, l have shown the guard and blade holder as respectively provided with extensions 14 and 15, projecting outwardly at the rear of the razor, in position to be engaged by the fingers, said projections 14, 15 being shown located close together and adapted to pass freely, where* by when the blade and guard are separated,` 15, as shown in Fig. 2, and it is desired to close the blade upon the guard, the projections 14 and 15 may be pressed apart, to swing the guard and blade holder .into the positions shown in Fig. 5, and when it is desired to separate the guard and blade, the projec-` tions 14, 15 may be operated to swing the guard and blade away from each other.

The guard is extensions 16 by which the guard may be operated by the finger when desired.

In accordance with my improvements, the guard and blade may be readilv brought into shaving relation by swinging one' or both toward the other, and the spring tension against the guard or blade holder will retain them with the appropriate lugs of the guard bearing against the blade edge. When it is desired to insert or `remove a blade or clean the parts, the blade holder may be swung to the position shown in Fig. 2, with or without moving the guard. When it is desired to strop the blade edge, the blade may be placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, and its edge drawn along the strop, turning one side and the other against the strop as desired, the spring 9 bearing against the blade holder retaining the blade in proper position.

Changes may be made in the detailsof construction and arrangements. of parts shown and described, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention. .j

Having now described my invention what 1 claim is :f-

1. A safety razor comprising a frame, a guard and blade holder pivotally carried thereby and spaced apart, and spring means interposed in the plane of and between the guard andblade holder within the frame to retain them in and out of shaving relation with respect to each other. A.

2. A safety razor comprising a frame, a guard and blade holder pivotally carried spring means interposed in the plane of andbetween the guard and blade holder-within the frame to retain them in and out of shaving relation with respect to each other,k the guard and blade holder having surfaces at an angle shown provided with side Llamar to each other to coact with the spring means to retain the guard and blade holder in set positions.

3. A safety razor comprising a frame, a guard and blade holder pivotally carried thereby and spaced apart, and spring means comprising superposed springs interposed between the guard and blade holder, to retain the latter ,in and out of shaving relation with respect to each other, said guard having lugs to engage the blade edge.

4. A z safety razor comprising a fra-nie having spaced members, a guard pivotally carried by the frame tov swing between said members, a blade holder pivotally carried by said members, and springs superposed and bearing one upon the other between said members coacting with said guard and blade holder to retain them in and out of shaving relation with respect to one another.

, 5. A safety razor comprising a frame having spaced members, a guard pivotally carried bythe frame to swing between said members, a blade holder pivotally carried by said members, said guard and blade holder one another and coacting with each other and respectively with said'guard and blade holder to retain them in set positions.

6. A safety razor comprising a framehaving spaced members, a guard and a blade holder pivotally carried by said members, said members having grooves, and a spring having its end portions guided in said grooves, said spring being adapted to engage the blade holder and retain it 4inset positions.

7. A safety razor comprising a frame having spaced members, a guard and a blade holder .pivotally carried by said members, said members having grooves, and springs interposed between said guard and blade holder and having their ends guided in said grooves, said springs being adapted to engage the guard and blade holder, to retain them in set positions.

8. A safety razor comprising a frame having spaced members, a guard and blade holder. pivotally carried by said members, said members having grooves, and springs interposed between said guard and blade holder and having their ends guided in said grooves, said springs gage the guard and blade holder to retain them in set positions, said springs having substantially centrally disposed lportions bearing against one another and end portions respectively bearing against the guard and blade holder.

9. Asafety razor comprising a frame, a guard provided with lugs adjacent each of its opposite corners spaced apart in the direction of the blade, a blade holder, and means to retain the blade edge in shaving being adapted to env being spaced apart, and springs overlying relation to either set of said lugs whereby the blade may along the guard. l

l0. A' safety Vrazor comprising a frame, a guard provided with lugs adjacent its corners, and also having lugs spaced from Athe first named lugs and nearer the support of said guard than the irst named lugs, a blade holder carried by said frame, and a blade for said holder adapted to engage either set of said lugs whereby the blade may be retained advanced more or less along the face of the guard.

ll. A safety razor comprising a frame, a guard movably carried thereby, said guard having lugs adjacent each corner spaced apart in the direction lor the blade, a blade holder carried 'by' said frame, and a blade for said holder adapted to separately engage either set of said lugs whereby the blade be advanced or retracted may be retained advanced more or less along the face of the guard.

l2. A safety razor comprising a frame, a guard Inovably carried thereby, said guard having lugs adjacent each corner spaced apart in the direction of the blade, ablade holder movably carried by said frame, and a blade for said holder adapted to separately engage either set of said lugs Whereby the blade may be retained advanced more or less along the face of the guard.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 8th day of October, A. D. 1912.

HENRY J. GAISMAN.

Witnesses:

MARIE F. WAINWRIGHT, T. F. BoURNE. 

